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<h2>Willingness to Pay for the Preservation of the Kakadu National Park </h2>

<h3>Description</h3>

<p>a cross-section
</p>
<p><em>number of observations</em> :  1827
</p>
<p><em>observation</em> :  individuals
</p>
<p><em>country</em> :  Australia
</p>


<h3>Usage</h3>

<pre>data(Kakadu)</pre>


<h3>Format</h3>

<p>A dataframe containing :
</p>

<dl>
<dt>lower</dt><dd>
<p>lower bound of willingness to pay, 0 if 
observation is left censored
</p>
</dd>
<dt>upper</dt><dd>
<p>upper bound of willingness to pay, 999 if observation 
is right censored
</p>
</dd>
<dt>answer</dt><dd>
<p>an ordered factor with levels <code>nn</code> (respondent 
answers no, no), <code>ny</code> (respondent answers no, 
yes or yes, no), <code>yy</code> (respondent answers yes, yes)</p>
</dd>
<dt>recparks</dt><dd>
<p>the greatest value of national parks and nature reserves 
is in recreation activities (from 1 to 5)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>jobs</dt><dd>
<p>jobs are the most important thing in deciding how to 
use our natural resources  (from 1 to 5)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>lowrisk</dt><dd>
<p>development should be allowed to proceed where 
environmental damage from activities such as mining is 
possible but very unlikely  (from 1 to 5)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>wildlife</dt><dd>
<p>it's important to have places where wildlife is 
preserved  (from 1 to 5)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>future</dt><dd>
<p>it's important to consider future generations  (from 1 
to 5)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>aboriginal</dt><dd>
<p>in deciding how to use areas such as Kakadu national 
park, their importance to the local aboriginal people 
should be a major factor  (from 1 to 5)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>finben</dt><dd>
<p>in deciding how to use our natural resources such as 
mineral deposits and forests, the most important 
thing is the financial benefits for Australia  (from 
1 to 5)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>mineparks</dt><dd>
<p>if areas within natural parks are set aside for 
development projects such as mining, the value of 
the parks is greatly reduced  (from 1 to 5)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>moreparks</dt><dd>
<p>there should be more national parks created from 
state forests  (from 1 to 5)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>gov</dt><dd>
<p>the government pays little attention to the people 
in making decisions  (from 1 to 4)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>envcon</dt><dd>
<p>the respondent recycles things such as paper or 
glass and regularly buys unbleached toilet paper 
or environmentally friendly products?
</p>
</dd>
<dt>vparks</dt><dd>
<p>the respondent has visited a national park or 
bushland recreation area in the previous 12 
months?
</p>
</dd>
<dt>tvenv</dt><dd>
<p>the respondent watches tv programs about the 
environment?  (from 1 to 9)
</p>
</dd>
<dt>conservation</dt><dd>
<p>the respondent is member of a conservation 
organization?
</p>
</dd>
<dt>sex</dt><dd><p>male,female</p>
</dd>
<dt>age</dt><dd><p>age</p>
</dd>
<dt>schooling</dt><dd><p>years of schooling</p>
</dd>
<dt>income</dt><dd><p>respondent's income in thousands of dollars</p>
</dd>
<dt>major</dt><dd><p>the respondent received the major&ndash;impact scenario of the Kakadu conservation zone survey ?</p>
</dd>
</dl>



<h3>Source</h3>

<p>Werner, Megan (1999) &ldquo;Allowing for zeros in dichotomous&ndash;choice contingent&ndash;valuation models&rdquo;, <em>Journal of Business and Economic Statistics</em>, <b>17(4)</b>, October, 479&ndash;486.
</p>


<h3>References</h3>

<p>Journal of Business Economics and Statistics web site : <a href="http://amstat.tandfonline.com/loi/ubes20">http://amstat.tandfonline.com/loi/ubes20</a>.
</p>


<h3>See Also</h3>

<p><code>Index.Source</code>, <code>Index.Economics</code>, <code>Index.Econometrics</code>, <code>Index.Observations</code></p>


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